Martin Wrigley MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Housing Benefit and Social Rented Housing: CostsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) the provision of social housing in each of the next ten years.
Answer: The information requested on Housing Benefit (HB) expenditure over the next ten years is not readily available, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, expenditure on HB for the years up to and including 2029/30 is available in the B...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the proportion of housing benefits that are paid to private landlords in (a) the UK and (b) other OECD countries.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Universal Credit on the level of payments made to private landlords.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department does not hold data on the level of payments made by claimants to private landlords, either under Universal Credit or legacy benefits. Wh...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Housing Benefit as a mechanism for supporting people to live in the private rented sector.
Answer: Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum levels of housing support for households claiming Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit and who rent in the private rented sector. LHA rates are reviewed annually, usually at an Aut...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help incentivise private landlords to rent to benefit recipients.
Answer: Rental discrimination against people who receive benefits has no place in a fair and modern housing market. The Renters’ Rights Bill takes direct action to stop discriminatory practices against households receiving benefits in the private rented sector. I...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) other housing subsidies on rent levels in the private rented sector.
Answer: The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum housing support for low income tenants in the private rented sector (PRS). In April 2024, LHA rates were set at the 30th percentile of local market rents and have been maintained at the same levels ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Housing Benefit was paid to private landlords (a) in real terms and (b) as a proportion of total Housing Benefit expenditure in each of the last ten years.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Housing Benefit is paid to private landlords in each (a) region and (b) local authority.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of Housing Benefit is paid to private landlords.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal Credit: LandlordsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of (a) Housing Benefit and (b) the housing element of Universal Credit is paid to private landlords.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Housing Benefit recipients live in (a) private rented accommodation and (b) social housing.
Answer: In 2023/24 financial year, 490,000 Housing Benefit claimants lived in private-rented accommodation. This accounted for 21% of all housing benefit claimants. In 2023/24 financial year, 1.9 million Housing Benefit claimants lived in social housing. This acc...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Housing Benefit was in each of the last ten years.
Answer: In 2023/24, total housing support provided to private rented sector (PRS) tenants amounted to £12.3 billion (in 2024/25 prices). Of this, £3.9 billion was delivered through Housing Benefit (HB), while £8.4 billion was provided via the Universal Credit Hou...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Health Certificates and Pet Travel SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 34064 on Export Health Certificates and Pet Travel Scheme, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the co
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on 19 May 2025, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. This will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of needing an animal health...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw and Order: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that decisions made using AI in law enforcement can be (a) explained, (b) reviewed, and (c) challenged.
Answer: It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide when and how they use AI-enabled or algorithmic tooling.However, the adoption of these technologies by law enforcement must be lawful, transparent, ethical and underpinned by robust data and g...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has issued guidance to government Departments on the (a) procurement and (b) use of non-deterministic AI models in public service delivery.
Answer: DSIT has issued detailed guidance via the AI Playbook for the UK Government on both (a) procurement and (b) use of AI, including forms of non-deterministic AI such as Generative AI.The Buying AI section outlines best practices on engaging commercial teams...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what mechanisms are in place to ensure (a) reproducibility and (b) accountability when AI is used in cross-government digital services.
Answer: The AI Playbook discusses accountability requirements for the use of AI in the public sector, emphasising human validation for high-risk decisions and user-reporting channels for oversight. Transparency is mandated through the Algorithmic Transparency Rec...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: TrainingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether civil servants receive (a) training and (b) guidance on managing the risks of non-deterministic outputs in AI-assisted decision-making.
Answer: DSIT has provided civil servants with both training and guidance on managing the risks of AI, including non-deterministic models such as LLMs. Training includes over 70 free courses on AI fundamentals, ethics, machine learning and generative AI, available...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using non-deterministic AI in (a) marking, (b) admissions and (c) behaviour prediction on (i) schools and (ii) universities.
Answer: The department aims to use evidence-based technology to reduce the time teachers spend marking, planning and form filling so their drive, energy and passion is fully focused on delivering change for children. The department provided £2 million funding to ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to develop guidance for educational institutions (a) using and (b) procuring AI systems.
Answer: To accompany the Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy paper, the department has published online materials to help educators use AI safely and effectively, developed in partnership with Chiltern Learning Trust and the Chartered College of Teachi...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-deterministic outputs from AI tools used in (a) diagnostics and (b) treatment planning can be (i) explained and (ii) validated.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the majority of artificial intelligence (AI) products being used in health and social care are regulated as medical devices. This means they are subject to stringent safety, performance, and efficacy requirements, primarily set out ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) patients and (b) clinicians are able to (i) understand and (ii) challenge decisions made by non-deterministic AI systems.
Answer: In the United Kingdom, the majority of artificial intelligence (AI) products being used in health and social care are regulated as medical devices. This means they are subject to stringent safety, performance, and efficacy requirements, primarily set out ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on operational trust when non-deterministic AI models produce different outputs from identical inputs.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of operational trust in AI systems. DSIT is building confidence in and driving adoption of AI by supporting a growing, competitive, and dynamic AI assurance ecosystem.By providing ways to measure, evaluate, and com...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if UK defence intelligence will analyse the reported drone attack on the vessel Conscience in international waters to determine the identity of the actors involved.
Answer: I hope the hon. Gentleman will appreciate that the Department does not routinely disclose precise details of intelligence analysis concerning specific incidents.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporate GovernanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that company law prioritises stakeholder primacy over shareholder primacy.
Answer: The Government welcomes suggestions on how to ensure companies consider wider stakeholder interests alongside the needs of stakeholders. As part of this, officials have engaged with industry-led reports such as the Demos report, "The Purpose Dividend...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: DawlishDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21418 on South West Main Line: Dawlish, what criteria she used for the decision not to include funding for phase 5 of the South West Rail Resilience Program
Answer: Following the Chancellors’s statement on 11 June we are now working to confirm our wider portfolio of rail enhancements, which will be published as part of the government’s commitment to set out its overall infrastructure pipeline.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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